In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
From The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901)
JAMES MYERS.
James Myers, who is superintendent and part owner of the Paxton mine, which is located within the city limits of Joplin, has for a number of years devoted his energies to mining pursuits in southwestern Missouri. He is a native of Ohio county, Indiana, and ''s of German lineage, his great-grandfather having been the founder of the family in the new world. He spent his youth in the state of his nativity, and is indebted to its public-school system for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. At the time of the Civil war he responded to his country's call for troops, offering his services to the government as a defender of the Union and donning the blue as a member of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry, with which he served for three years. He was with 'Jie Arm_\- of the Cumberland and participated in a number of battles under General McCook. He was a brave and fearless soldier, and on picket duty and on the firing line he was equally faithful to the cause he espoused.
Since 1887 Mr. Myers has been engaged in mining in Jasper county.
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As printed in The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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